Gastroenterology
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 626-631 , September 1999

Prognostic value of early measurements of portal pressure in acute variceal bleeding

Received 2 December 1998 ,Accepted 24 May 1999.

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☆ Address requests for reprints to: Jaime Bosch, M.D., Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. e-mail: jbosch@medicina.ub.es; fax: (34) 934-515-522.

☆☆ Supported in part by grant FIS 97/1309 from the Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. Dr. Moitinho was supported by grants FIS 97/5617 and FIS 98/9470 from the Hospital Clinic and from Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria.

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